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Eddie Meza

Professional Summary

Innovative Music & Talent Kids & Family Executive bringing

comprehensive background in Talent & Music. Builds high-performing teams. Looking for a new role with long term potential. Work History

Nickelodeon - Director of Music & Talent

Burbank, CA

04/2013 - 04/2020

-Work with and maintained a database of composers, music supervisors.

-Cast VO talent, narrators, and musicians

-Facilitate the hiring of songwriters and composers to create original music for Nickelodeon & Nick Jr. properties, including main titles, underscore, episodic songs, and promos.

-Develop and manage production for a world-class listening experience, using internal and external resources

-Pitched episode ideas and created them from idea to reality.

-Negotiate rates for talent, writers, editors

- Assist producers in the determination of music budgets

- Oversee the contract, payment, and file delivery process for all original music

- Coordinate writing and recording sessions

- Support the department's digital music releases and maintain relationship with streaming label

-Launched Nick Radio in Partnership with Iheart Radio

-Launched Nickelodeon's first ever Playlist on Apple Music

-Managed freelancers for external video and audio shoots.

-Find, liaise and coordinate work with third party production company

-Work with editors to edit and mix content

-Acted as point of contact for all recording sessions.

-Collaborate with other internal teams, including tech and artist/label relations to ensure that content remains timely and best-in-class

-Managed The day to day both short term and long term of music as it lives on Nickelodeon.

-Managed production schedules with confidence to ensure timely and high quality episode delivery.

-Consulted with directors and producers to determine placement of adk4m6@r.postjobfree.com

562-***-****

5543 Saint Ann Avenue, Cypress, CA

90630

Skills

Avid Pro Tools Certified

Experience in working with talent and

managers

Strong editorial judgment

Kid & Family Friendly expertise.

Excellent relationships in Social Media

Business with contacts at Instagram,

Facebook, Snapchat etc..

Avid Certified in Post Production

Avid Certified in Pro Tools

Pro Tools/Avid certified audio and Post

Production.

Configure Studio and Studio Sessions.

Knowledge of QuickTime

Microsoft Outlook

Experienced in Voice-overs, commercial

writing.

Live sessions

Budgeting

Experience in Adobe Premiere, Photoshop

Education

Cerritos College

Norwalk, CA

NA: Communications/RadioProduction

-Board Operation Training

-Pre-Production Training

-Network Collaboration

musical cues and coordinate artistic vision.

-Maintained relationship with Managers & record labels

-Provided on-site management & expertise at talent Recording sessions. as well as Maintained relationships with artists, managers, record labels and other music business areas.

-Picked and cleared all music relating to Kids Choice Awards & Kids Choice Sports Awards

-Worked closely with show engineers and video editors for awards shows.

-Produced and built out all music playlists for all lines of business, events, & international recreation partners such as MOA & Punta Cana Hotel Resorts and Nickelodeon Flagship Stores as well as external partners.

-Worked with cue sheets relating to music placement

-Basic knowledge of publishing & Licensing as related to music & TV

-Acted as Liaison across all lines of business, as it relates to Music with the channel.

-Stay on top of new music trends, locally and internationally.

-Worked directly with SVP & VP to implement strategies for Music and long-term plans as it pertains to music on Channel

-Maintained an up-to-date, searchable music library database.

-Pro Tools/Avid Certified

-Liaison between Executive Producers and talent managers for all talent needs.

Audio Engineer/Production Freelance - Freelancer

Cypress California

11/2005 - 03/2013

-Record, mixing and editing sound.

-Maintenance/ calibration of studio equipment.

-Studio/Live recording engineer.

-Music composition, productiona and arranging on daily basis.

-Produce/Engineer/Mixer for Various Artists.

-Produce Radio ID's/Sound Design for Various Radio Stations.

-Run Live Sound at various events and live shows.

-Post production balancing,mixing and editing and enhancing of pre-recorded audio.

KPWR/Power 106 FM - Programming Assistant/On Air Mixer Burbank California

01/2000 - 10/2005

-Assist in booking Artist for daily radio shows

-Book Talent for all radio concerts in L.A. & New York Sister Station

-Book celebrities for daily radio shows.

-Mix and Produce radio programs.

-Write, Voice and produce weekly radio show.

-Voice-Over work.

-Help program sister station Hot 97 in New York.

KPWR/Power 106 FM Los Angeles - Marketing And Promotions Assistant

-Applications for Music Production

2013

Audiograph International

Santa Monica, CA

Pro Tools Operator/Certifaction and Post

Production Operator Certified

-Certified in Pro Tools 101,110,110 and

Post Production Certified.

-Learned Digital Audio and MIDI

Concepts.

-Completed Pro Tools Menu explanation

and application.

-Recording and Loading Tracks.

-Managing & Editing Audio and Video

Clips.

-Elastic Audio Techniques.

-Applications for Music Production.

-Applications for Post Prodcution.

-Mixing using Real Time Plug-ins,

Audiosuite and External effets

proccessors.

-Mixing Automation.

-Synchronization between Pro Tools and

external machines.

-Worked on VO5 TV Commercial for

Class Project.

-Analyze different types of sound effects

needed for a project.

-Created Multi-Layer sound effects

-Editing of Movies and Tv Commercials

-Learned how to spot,edit and assemble

dialogue and mixing and prepping audio

for film and television.

-Record and edit ADR

Certifications

Pro Tools Certified in Audio and Post

Production.

Burbank California

01/1996 - 01/2000

-As a Marketing and Promotions Assitant I was responsible for working on location at Radio Station events, Live Broadcasts as well as interacting with listeners.

-Execute radio stations live broadcast/remotes as needed.

-Maintain safe operation of company vehicles, prizes, promotional equipment on a daily basis.

-Execute radio station promotional activities at event locations including set-up and take down of sound systems.

-Write notes and provide recaps from weekly programming and promotion meetings.

-Write broadcast and online contest copy and administer contest execution

-Perform as primary liason between contest winners and radio station.

-Develop proposals for station prizes, movie screenings, concerts and on air prizing.

-Work closely with Major Motion Picture companies and execute movie screenings for radio station.

Accomplishments

● Verified Nick Radio Social Platforms within 24 hours

● Responsible for Nick Radios Biggest launch of Youtube Channel. Co initiated and launched Nick Radio, the #1 digital station launch for iHeart radio and top 10 since inception

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Initiated launch of Nickelodeon playlist on Apple Music as well as Programming and Maintaining

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Secured acts and produced music as well as edits on Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards & Kids Choice Sports Awards

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Secured acts and produced music as well as edits on Nickelodeon Halo Awards

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Along with music programming and talent relations, I designed and directed strategies to

promote artists. I liaised between the company, musicians, agents/managers, and record labels

to seamlessly manage the production process

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● Personal dj for President Obama for reelection campaign Go to DJ & Music consultant for List of celebrities including Kobe Bryant, Niki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, Chris Paul, Hope Solo and many more

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